A review of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with description of a new species

Yohei Osada; Toshiya Hirowatari

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12

A review of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2016 Jun 22;4127(1):192-200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12.

Authors

Yohei Osada¹, Toshiya Hirowatari²

Affiliations

¹ Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.; Email: borbocinnara53@hotmail.com.
² Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.; Email: hirowat_t@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 27395621
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12

Abstract

The taxonomy of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga is reviewed. Previously, one species, Morophaga fasciculata Robinson, 1986, was recorded from Japan. In the present study, a second species, Morophaga plana, sp. nov., is described based on adult morphological characters.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Japan
Lepidoptera / anatomy & histology*
Lepidoptera / classification*
Lepidoptera / growth & development
Male
Organ Size